Here's the full set (?) with the 80's view plus the current (not so funny) view:

1. Why do Skodas have heated rear windscreens?

New punch-line: To effectively clear condensation and ice from the glass in order to improve visibility for the driver.

Old punch-line: To keep your hands warm while you're pushing it.


2. How do you double the price of a Skoda?

New punch-line: Buy every item on the options list

Old punch-line: Fill up the tank with petrol


3. Have you got a wing mirror for my Skoda?

New punch-line: Yes, it'll cost you £45.99

Old punch-line: Okay, seems like a fair swap


4. What do you call a Skoda driver who says he's had a speeding ticket?

New punch-line: A teller of plausible tales

Old punch-line: A liar


5. What do you call a Skoda with a sun roof?

New punch-line: Hard to say, all new Skodas are now available with a sun roof option

Old punch-line: A skip


6. I’ve just bought the new 16 valve Skoda...

New punch-line: It's called a 16-valve Octavia

Old punch-line: 4 in the engine, 12 in the radio! (older readers may better understand this)


7. How do you overtake a Skoda?

New punch-line: wait for a safe place to overtake and accelerate

Old punch-line: Run


8. What colour shall I get my Skoda in?

New punch-line: You can choose from a range of appealing contemporary colours, including metallic jungle green, corrida red and candy white

Old punch-line: It doesn't matter, it'll go brown with rust after a week


9. How do you make a policeman laugh?

New punch-line: spend some time getting to know him in order to understand his sense of humour, then tell him some appropriate anecdotes or jokes.

Old punch-line: Tell him your Skoda just got nicked


10. I bought the top-spec Skoda...

New punch-line: ...this one came with Apple CarPlay, parking assistance and side rear impact airbags.

Old punch-line: ...this one came with an engine.

With thanks to Google and Start Rescue

Go on then - how do you double the value of a Skoda?

Fill it with petrol :sunglasses:

Yes, the 80's do want their jokes back
I'm here all week, try the chicken

I think the only problem is that if they did change their name then the prices would also be much higher. Skoda prices have already increased significantly as their image has improved. So VAG need the image to be suppressed so that they can continue to charge Audi buyers much more.

I think it says more about the person than the car.

Go on then - how do you double the value of a Skoda?

Fill it with petrol :sunglasses:

Yes, the 80's do want their jokes back
I'm here all week, try the chicken

Yes, those over 40 may struggle to get over the mental issue of it being a Skoda, even though they are good cars.
I persuaded my wife not to choose a Skoda for this reason! I was wrong, but it was my money. I only wish they had changed their name as Datsun did. :wink:

I used these for my last car, fee was £249+vat (£298.80)

Agree - if they had re branded years ago these Skoda opinions would have disappeared along with the poor jokes ^^^

Appreciate they are part of VW now, but some things just seem to stick

I think the only problem is that if they did change their name then the prices would also be much higher. Skoda prices have already increased significantly as their image has improved. So VAG need the image to be suppressed so that they can continue to charge Audi buyers much more.

Must be a generational thing. I don't have one, but there are so many of them about these days, that the old connotations must have been laid to rest (and then some).

Every third car in our car park seems to be a Skoda or an Audi.

Main problem with Skoda round here is that every second taxi is a Skoda Octavia, the first one is a Seat Toledo. :-)

Yup, go into VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda dealers and play 'hunt the common bits from the parts bin'. :-)